Esholt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
Esholt, looking along Main Street
Enlarge
Esholt, looking along Main Street

Esholt is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Guiseley.

The name "Esholt" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area of ash trees.

In the 12th century, the Esholt estate was owned by Syningthwaite Priory and a nunnery was established there.The nunnery was dissolved about 1540 and now the priory site is occupied by Esholt Hall, a Queen Anne style historic house, built by Sir Walter Calverley in 1709. The house is now a conference centre for Yorkshire Water. Near the village is the famous Esholt sewage works.

Esholt is best known for being the location for many years of the Yorkshire Television drama series Emmerdale.

The village is also famous for St Leonard's Farm Park which was the winner of the National Farm Attraction of the Year Award in 2005.

  This West Yorkshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../e/s/h/Esholt.html"